COMS BC1016: Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science

Fall 2025
Barnard College

Course Details

Instructor: Eysa Lee

TAs:

• Amaya Kejriwal [email protected]
• Justin Zeng [email protected]
• Erin Ma [email protected]
• Ken Mah [email protected]
• Aditya Vurukala [email protected]

Computing Fellows:

• Riley Stacy [email protected]
• Arya Sinha [email protected]
• Sachi Patel [email protected]
• Elena Lukac [email protected]

Lectures: Mon/Wed 11:40 AM - 12:55 PM, Diana Center 504

Labs:

• W 2:30pm - 4:00pm, Milstein Center 516 (Aditya Vurukala)
• W 4:00pm - 5:30pm, Milstein Center 516 (Erin Ma)
• W 5:35pm - 7:05pm, Milstein Center 516 (Ken Mah)
• Th 9:40am - 11:10am, Milstein Center 516 (Amaya Kejriwal)
• Th 11:20am - 12:50pm, Milstein Center 516 (Justin Zeng)

Office Hours:

• W 3:00pm-4:00pm, Milstein Center 512 (Eysa Lee)

Jupyter Hub: https://bccoms-1016-lee-20253.hub.cuit.columbia.edu/

Syllabus: Link

Resources

Python Resources:
Data8 Python Reference: https://www.data8.org/fa24/reference/
DataScience Python Library Developer Documentation: https://www.data8.org/datascience/

Data8 Textbook: https://inferentialthinking.com/chapters/intro.html

Lecture Schedule

The schedule below will be updated as the course progresses.

Week	Date	Topic	Lab	Assignment
1	9/3	Introduction
2	9/8
	9/10
3	9/15
	9/17
4	9/22
	9/24
5	9/29
	10/1
6	10/6
	10/8
7	10/13	No Class (Holiday)
	10/15	Midterm Review
8	10/20	Midterm Exam
	10/22
9	10/27
	10/29
10	11/3
	11/5
11	11/10
	11/12
12	11/17
	11/19
13	11/24
	11/26	No Class (Holiday)
14	12/1
	12/3
15	12/8